Craig

See also: craig

English

Alternative forms

• Craggs

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic creag (“rock”). Doublet of Carrick.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɹeɪɡ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /kɹɛɡ/, /kɹeɪɡ/
• Rhymes: -eɪɡ, -ɛɡ

Proper noun

Craig (countable and uncountable, plural Craigs)

1. (countable) A surname.
   1. A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic from Scottish Gaelic creag, originally meaning someone who lived near a crag.
   2. An Irish surname of Hiberno-Norman origin, an anglicization of de Craig, de Creag (“of the crag”).
   3. An Irish surname, a variant anglicization of de Carraig (Carrick).
2. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
   • 1979, Bruce Jackson, The Programmer: A Novel, Doubleday, page 168:

     He told her the name he had used to rent the cabin. " I'm Craig Hemsworth."
     She burst out laughing. "That's a funnier name than mine. It sounds like the kind of name they give a movie actor when they decide his own name won't do.

   • 2025 December 22, Christopher Marc, “‘Bambo’: Natasha Lyonne To Write & Direct ’80s-Set Boxing Pic With Craig Mazin Producing”, in The Playlist‎^[1], archived from the original on 30 December 2025:

     Lyonne’s Animal Pictures banner with Max Ferguson is producing “Bambo” alongside Craig Mazin (“Chernobyl,” “The Last of Us”) for Word Games and Sarah Sarandos.

3. A placename
   1. A locale in the United States.
      1. A city in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska; named for early settler and fishmonger Craig Miller.
      2. An unincorporated community in California; named for a railroad official.
      3. A ghost town in Modoc County, California; named for postmaster Robert A. Craig.
      4. A city, the county seat of Moffat County, Colorado; named for financier Rev. William Bayard Craig.
      5. A township in Switzerland County, Indiana.
      6. An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Decatur County, Indiana.
      7. A minor city in Plymouth County, Iowa.
      8. A minor city in Holt County, Missouri; named for lawyer and politician James Craig.
      9. A census-designated place in Lewis and Clark County, Montana.
      10. A township and village therein, in Burt County, Nebraska; named for early settler William Stewart Craig.
      11. An unincorporated community in Guernsey County, Ohio.
   2. A river in Alaska, United States and British Columbia, Canada; named for engineer John Davidson Craig.
   3. A small settlement in Glen Carron, Wester Ross, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH0349).

Alternative forms

• (Irish surname from "de Craig"): Cregg

Derived terms

• Ailsa Craig
• Craig County
• Craig Island

Translations

city in Alaska

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克雷格 (Kèléigé)

• Marathi: क्रेग (kreg)
• Tlingit: Sháan Séet

Anagrams

• Graci, Agric., argic, cigar, agric.